Trouble for Magnussen at the start of the grand prix left the Dane with a puncture and in need of a trip into the pits for new tyres. That dropped him a full lap behind the rest of the field, however, a red flag later in the grand prix meant he was able to unlap

The Dutchman and team-mate Carlos Sainz excelled at Albert Park in qualifying and could have grabbed a top-five finish in the race had the team opted for a different strategy. But although the potential of the Ferrari-powered STR11 is clear, Verstappen thinks that the power demands of upcoming tracks like Bahrain will hand a bigger

The German rookie made a good start in Melbourne and ran an impressive 14th early on before starting to seriously struggle with tyre degradation. “The start was great,” he told Motorsport.com. “I was a bit surprised about my start, because it was my first in F1, but it was amazing. I improved six or seven

Tensions between the pair erupted once again at the Australian Grand Prix when Verstappen was left furious about team strategy and Sainz refusing to follow orders to let him past. But Sainz has downplayed matters, and said that the team had come to the conclusion that he was right not to move aside for his

The total number of sets that can be used during practice, qualifying and racing remains 13. For Bahrain, Pirelli has nominated the medium and soft of which one set must be used at some point in the race. In addition, Pirelli has nominated the supersoft for Q3, of which one set must be retained for

Following an outcry over the farcical end to Q3 in Australia, when there were no cars on track in the closing minutes of the session, F1 teams met on Sunday morning and agreed to revert to the old qualifying system for the Bahrain Grand Prix. That move still needs to go back through the Strategy

Daniel Ricciardo’s great drive to fourth at the Australian Grand Prix was somewhat overlooked in the aftermath of a race that included its fair share of controversy and drama – but he says he wasn’t far off Mercedes and Ferrari in some parts of… Ricciardo also set the fastest lap, helped by being the last

“I’m fine,” he told Spanish reporters after checking out of the medical centre at Albert Park. The McLaren-Honda had rolled and flipped after striking the rear of Esteban Gutierrez’s Haas at full speed in the braking zone for turn 3. “As I was so close I lost the braking point,” he said. “I’m fine,” Alonso

The original start was aborted when Daniil Kvyat’s Red Bull broke down on the approach to the grid. It started with Vettel majestically scything his way between front-row duo Hamilton and Rosberg to take the lead into the first corner. Behind the four-time champion, Rosberg edged Hamilton wide at Turn 1, and doing so allowed

Lewis Hamilton will start the defence of his world title from pole position after dominating qualifying for the Australian GP. Hamilton’s pole was the 50th of his F1 career with the Englishman eight tenths clear of the first non-Mercedes car. “I enjoyed driving the car today, there were some sexy laps. They just flowed, no